{"id":95054,"date":"2020-05-01T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T23:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=95054"},"modified":"2020-05-01T08:17:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T07:17:39","slug":"lets-get-baking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/living\/jess-n\/lets-get-baking\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s get baking!"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Sunday 17th May it’s World Baking Day, a day you can’t properly celebrate without something delicious to tuck into! And what good timing too, as many of us have turned to baking over the past few weeks to keep our hands busy and our minds focused, it seems only fitting to be spreading the joy and wonder that is baked goods<\/a>.<\/p>\n You don\u2019t have to have the culinary expertise of a top patisserie chef to get involved either, as proven by our Digital Team! We\u2019re lucky enough to have some keen bakers here at QVC and you\u2019ll often find us crowded around the latest treat someone has brought in when we\u2019re in the office. So we got a few of them together to share a favourite recipe that you can try at home, including some not-so-secret-anymore family ones!<\/p>\n Let’s take a look…<\/p>\n Jess N – Mrs Sager’s ‘cake’<\/strong><\/p>\n Mrs Sager was a distant relation on my mum\u2019s side, who\u2019s recipe was sent in a letter to my grandma when they were living in Peru, but without any measurements included! Not knowing exactly what it was meant to be, my grandma made a kind of cakey\/shortbread with jam in the middle.<\/p>\n When they got back to the UK, it turned out it was meant to be a sponge cake, but as my grandma\u2019s interpretation proved so popular all over the world, we still make it like she did! I know whenever my mum makes it, it reminds her of her mum and whenever I make it, it takes me straight home to mine.<\/p>\n\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Josie – Orange drizzle cake with chocolate orange<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a recipe I adapted from an (very) old lemon drizzle cake recipe – I added Cointreau as well as orange, as who doesn\u2019t love a bit of booze in a cake?!<\/p>\n I originally made it for my husband for his birthday last year, as he loves chocolate orange but actually doesn\u2019t particularly like chocolate cake. So\u00a0 it\u2019s not too chocolatey, as you can add as much or as little chocolate topping as you like! You can even make it without the chocolate topping as an orange drizzle cake instead.<\/p>\n\n Equipment:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Cake:<\/p>\n Syrup:<\/p>\n Glaze:<\/p>\n To decorate:<\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Laura – Mrs Robinson’s fruit cake recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n My mum has had this recipe on a scrap of paper since the 70s and it\u2019s a firm family favourite now – you can see how often it\u2019s been used by the ageing of the paper. To serve, you can slice thinly and spread with butter, or cut large slices and eat as is. Either way, large mugs of tea to accompany it are a must!<\/p>\n Also, we have no idea who Mrs Robinson is.<\/p>\n\n\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jessica M – Dark chocolate biscuit (cake)<\/strong><\/p>\n This chocolate biscuit cake recipe is from my mum, who got it from a friend, who got it from her mum (I think). I can’t bake but I can make this, and it gets demolished in minutes! It’s the perfect sweet treat when you’re short on time but still want to make something from scratch. This recipe serves six – or two, if you feel like going all in.<\/p>\n\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sam – Grandad Keith’s chocolate marble cake<\/strong><\/p>\n My grandad Keith’s chocolate marble cake is a firm family favourite. The original recipe has plain chocolate chips, but I go for a large bar of both white and milk chocolate!<\/p>\n\n Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We hope we’ve inspired you to give one (or all!) of our recipes a try, or to go out there and find more favourites. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never baked before, it really is something everyone can have a go at.<\/p>\n Of course, if you don’t have the time or the ingredients to bake, you can always celebrate World Baking Day by ordering something tasty straight to your door too.<\/p>\n As well as an abundance of useful baking equipment, we have a range of delectable cakes and chocolates available in our World Baking Day Collection<\/a> to treat yourself or a loved one to.<\/p>\n However you choose to celebrate it, we hope you enjoy tucking into something delicious on May 17th.<\/p>\n Happy baking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Sunday 17th May it’s World Baking Day, a day you can’t properly celebrate without something delicious to tuck into! And what good timing too, as many of us have turned to baking over the past few weeks to keep our hands busy and our minds focused, it seems only fitting to be spreading the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":95940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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